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So, I cobbled this little gizmo together to improve my paper wrapping process. Works pretty slick. I also made a system for cutting the patches that works pretty well also. I was going to list you’d first pic and see if anyone could figures out what it was for but posting on this forum kinda gives it away. Years after Im gone someone will find this at a garage sale or something and post it as a “what was this used for” thread. 😁IMG_3091.jpegIMG_3092.jpeg
 
Very interesting build, LTK!
Chrispy123, try to find a copy of Paul Matthew's "The Paper Jacket". It's all about paper patched bullets. Good, easy read and very informative.
 
Nice idea! For those who don't know the history of paper patching, it was, for quite a while, the most accurate shooting system. The original Creedmoor matches were all shot with paper patched bullets as were early schuetzen matches. These were at bore diameter not groove diameter, and were seated so that only a very small amount of the bullet was in the case. This made for bullets that were pretty close to perfectly aligned with the bore. They were surpassed by lubricated grease grooved bullets shot from breech muzzle loaders and eventually breech seating.
It's a fascinating big of history and still makes for some pretty decent shooting.

Chris.
 
In Phil Sharps book, “ Complete guide to Handloading ” pg 104, he states , many girls working at the ammunition plants were capable of patching 12000 bullets each per day. They got our of the loading business because Hugo Borchardt invented a machine that could paper patch 25000 bullets in 10 hours and thus , they could not compete.
 
Chrispy123 said:
Okay, still holding my new guy card for times like this… why the wrap?
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It's easier to understand if you look at original Martini-Henry bullets. They were smooth sided and the paper wrap was soaked in molten wax as lubricant (in addition to a wax cookie below the bullet). Grease-groove bullets don't generally require paper wrap or patch. The device pictured in the OP is brilliant as wrapping the bullets is a finicky process. With my Martini paper-wrap bullets I dip the paper in water prior to assembly and also find keeping exactly the same tension on the wrap is critical as it stretches a bit.

milsurpo
 
That's my favorite scene in that movie. He is a bit wrong though about no rifling left on the bullet. If you recover a patched bullet there is plenty of impression from the rifling on it. It was cool to see it get brought up in that scene though.
 
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